Having Those Bad Days

There definitely will come days when you are out geocaching and it just seems like it is not your day. I am not going to lie; these can severely ruin my morale when I am on a mission to find at least 20 in any particular day. The worst way to begin a day full of geocaching is beginning with a “did not find” on your first attempt. Then it just feels like the day is going to continue to roll downhill. I have come to learn that with more experience eventually comes more patience. I am going to be honest, there have been times where we will DNF our first three searches and you do not want to talk to me after that. However, I think that there is a combination of patience and calmness that need to accompany you when you are searching for caches. It seems like the days that I get extremely angry will continually get worse. Imagine that. I have noticed that the more calm and collected I stay when we get a few DNF’s the better off I am as we continue our search. Not to mention, I like to plan a few extra caches in order to accommodate for those few DNF’s that will occasionally occur. I know that may have come off as being somewhat negative, but I like to accomplish my find goal each day and if that means taking DNF’s into account, then I am going to continue that. Moreover, patience has become my best friend as of late. There have been times when I search for five minutes and get frustrated because the cache has not jumped out at me right away. I have become much more patient with my searches and have even come to realize that the moment I am about to walk away I will find the cache. Talk about bitter sweet. I think the best thing for any cacher to realize is that DNF’s are going to occur no matter how good of a cacher you are. It is just up to you on how you want to handle them. If you stay positive then there is no reason you could not still have a successful day. This has helped me immensely over the past few months.